SlmA Antagonism of FtsZ Assembly Employs a Two-pronged Mechanism like MinCD

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Du, Shishen ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN MINCD; PROTEIN SLMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MINC PROTEIN, E COLI; MIND PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN BINDING; SLMA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84905483299     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004460     Document Type: Article

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